Part One

• AUTOBIOGRAPHY1
• THE CH'AN SEVEN-DAY RETREAT11
• FOUR CONDITIONS FOR PRACTICING CH'AN17
• SELFLESSNESS31
• NON-OPPOSITION32
• STAGES OF EMPTINESS34
• THE FOUR GREAT BARRIERS37
• KUNG-AN PRACTICE41
• THE EXPERIENCE OF WU47
• THE STAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT49
• A DREAM55
• CONTEMPLATING MIND By Han Shan Te-ch'ing (1546-1623)57
• ON 'CONTEMPLATING MIND' BY HAN-SHAN59
• SILENT ILLUMINATION By Hung Chih Cheng-Chueh (1091-1157)75
• ON 'SILENT ILLUMINATION' BY HUNG-CHIH (1091-1157)77